Gee grandpa, what's that?

[kpete]

This actually scares me. Because we're going to need typewriters when they take away the internet.
http://sideshow.me.uk/

500 machines left at world's last typewriter factory


Gee grandpa, what's that? (Credit: Getty Images)

If you can remember how to change a typewriter ribbon - even if you've since forgotten but once could - this news is about to leave you feeling, well, old.

Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company, the world's last manufacturer of office typewriters, is putting its last 500 machines on sale at discount prices.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20057186-501465.html

[EOTE]

1. Why would we need typewriters if they took away the internet?

Are they planning on taking away electricity too? Or everyone's computers? I'm confused.

[Romulox]

2. This story isn't true. I bought a brand spanking new BROTHER typewriter in 2008

to use while taking a certain exam.

It's likely that the manufacturer mentioned in this story is merely discontinuing production.

[MineralMan]

3. Oddly enough, I still have a very nice printer attached to

my computer. I use it a lot, since I prefer to send letters to my legislators through the USPS, all neatly signed, etc. They seem to produce better responses from the person I'm writing to.

The Internet is great, but I don't need my typewriter for anything any longer. I still have one in perfect working order, though. It reminds me of the early days of my writing career. Indeed, until 1986, every article I wrote for publication had its draft written on my old Royal Quiet Deluxe Portable. The image below is not of my machine, but it is the spitting image of it. When it became clear that ribbons would be increasingly hard to buy, I bought a dozen of them, which are now sealed in plastic. You just never know...

[kpete]

4. nostalgia......

me too
lots of memories...

peace, kpete

[MineralMan]

6. Yup. I also had a correcting Selectric, but I kept using the old

Royal for drafts for superstitious reasons.

Then I got a PC clone, Microsoft Word 1.1 for DOS, and a daisywheel printer. The Selectric and the Royal went on the shelf, and I never looked back, really.

[monmouth]

5. I'm still in mourning over my Selectric...sigh...n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

7. I still have my IBM Selectric. And several different font balls.

[HopeHoops]

13. "font balls" sounds naughty.

:evilgrin:

[lpbk2713]

8. It makes me wonder ...

... if their office is equipped with rotary dial phones.





:shrug:

[jwirr]

9. Just tell the kid it is a keyboard.

[shraby]

10. That's the kind I learned to type on at school. Sure made the

fingers strong. We didn't even get carpal tunnel.

[eleny]

11. Olympia

:hi:

[Canuckistanian]

12. I had a Smith-Corona Coronet

It had the cartridges that allowed you to make lightning fast color changes, corrections, etc.

I thought I was on the cutting edge of technology when I bought that. I guess in 1977 it was.

[KittyWampus]

14. Typewriters SUCK. I had to make too many corrections. And while I'm at it, white-out is getting thin

thinner these days and less effective.

[SoCalDem]

16. I always thought that was what the :"X" was for:)

x it out & go on:rofl:

[SoCalDem]

15. I have three typewriters

one of them is a compact, traveling Smith Corona, made in the 1950's I think:)

[PeaceNikki]

17. Contrary to previous accounts, it seems that the typewriters are still rolling off of assembly line

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/26/worlds-last-typewriter-factory-closes_n_853670.html